typical day at hughes fab

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burbach is finally getting back in to off-roading.
this is he's new truck he plans on making into a buggy
with 52s

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he decided to take it home to work on it since it was getting late.

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troy decided the cage in the avalanche jeep wasn't enough so it was yanked out

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what to do now?

[bburris]

Why did Greg send it to Avalanche if their work was just going to get torn back apart by his friends?

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this looks safe

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after looking at some of there work i wouldn't trust them to build anything

besides its at hughesalanche :flipoff2:

[Busa]

How much did you get done and how much beer did it take?

[redcagepatrol]

We were able to drive it out of the shop tonight (Sunday) after making the coilover mounts. Looks good, it still needs two more corner braces and the mount for the shoulder harnesses. It also needs to be TIG'ed up, it's all just tacked together...

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update

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the seat brackets

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doing a little tweaking

[eight]

What is the reason for this? Somethin yall didn't like about the avalanch cage?

[redcagepatrol]

Originally posted by eight
What is the reason for this? Somethin yall didn't like about the avalanch cage?

It was not up to par for competitions.
The rules say:
must have at least one crossbar behind the seats (not on Poison Spider cage)
must have vert and horiz braces on all four corners of the halo (didn't have)
must have a halo over the drivers head (didn't have)
must have a spreader bar in middle of the windshield area (didn't have)
must have door bars (didn't have)
must have a "roof" (didn't have)
Go to UROC.com if you wan to read all of the specs...

Also, the seats were layed back at like 45 degrees so that your head wouldn't stick thru the top. We made that cage about 5" taller than the old one for Troy's head. We used 1.75 * .095 SEAMLESS DOM chromolly...

All in all, the old cage SUCKED - looked good but SUCKED...

[eight]

So is a halo better than a normal hoop style cage? I was planning on going with hoops but the halo would be just as easy, or easier.

[redcagepatrol]

not necesarlly (sp)
they just use the word "halo" to make sure everyone understands what part of the cage they are talking about. It doesn't matter which way you make it, you just ahve to have a square over your head with the spreader bars within 12" of the seats centerline.

[StevenAg03]

scott, you got a pic from above showing what you mean about the halo...im kinda confucious

[redcagepatrol]

Originally posted by StevenAg03
scott, you got a pic from above showing what you mean about the halo...im kinda confucious

I have no pics - hard to explain - Basically, the old cage was too short. If troy were to sit up correctly, his head would be sticking out of the cage.

[spool]

When they say halo they mean the area above the front seats. On CJ cage you have a bar that goes up across and back down. Add a bar going foward on each side then one across at the windshield frame and you have a halo above the seats.

[robertf03]

Originally posted by spool
When they say halo they mean the area above the front seats. On CJ cage you have a bar that goes up across and back down. Add a bar going foward on each side then one across at the windshield frame and you have a halo above the seats.

if I understand you right then it looks like the Avalanche cage did have a halo, what is scott talking about?

[spool]

If you look at th old cage the bar that would be above and behind your head angled back at 45 degrees and did not make a true halo

Troy